Why Lip Was One Of The Only Shameless Characters Who Consistently Smoked

For Jeremy Allen White, smoking was a skill he honed on the set of “Shameless.” “Unfortunately, I’ve been a smoker for quite a few years. I think that’s something that practice made perfect for both me and Lip,” the actor told Esquire in 2016. “I think I started smoking around the same time I started doing the show, and it’s something I’ve gotten better at as he’s gotten better at it.”

In 2012, White lamented that he would “need to get off the show before I can even fathom the idea of quitting,” but the habit stuck after “Shameless” concluded in 2021. A 2022 profile of the actor for GQ is littered with smoke breaks, plus an awkward anecdote about stepping out for a smoke with Sean Penn at a party – “[We were] just sitting, smoking in silence,” White recalled. The author even noted that White “smells like American Spirits.”

White is still bringing his smoking expertise to various projects, most recently the set of “The Bear” — another series in which White plays a troubled Chicagoland chain smoker. Maybe he’ll switch to the herbal stuff before “The Bear” returns for Season 2 in June.

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